Difference between revisions of "Sam Young"

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Samara "Sam" Young

Status	Alive
Known As	"Ariadne" (by The Rare Spawns) "Miss Young" (by Charles Jones) "Pumpkin" (by Samuel Young, Sr.) "Samara" (given name)
Relatives	Bowser (Pet Dog) Jay Young (Brother) Mrs. Young (Mother) Samuel Young, Sr. (Father)
Biographical Information
Gender	Female
Age	22
Birthdate	Unknown
Sign	Virgo
Martial Status	Single
Physical Description
Height	5'5" (165cm)
Weight	Unknown
Eye color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Brown
Professional Status
Occupation	Software developer Game developer (indie)
Debut
Episode 1

"When I was little I fell in love with gaming."

—Sam Young, Episode 1^[1]

Samara "Sam" Young is the daughter of Samuel Young, Sr., and is the main protagonist of Let's Play. Sam works at her father's company Young Technologies during the day and moonlights as a indie game developer. She is the creator of the puzzle adventure game Ruminate, played by the Viewtube gaming personality, Marshall Law.

Biography

Background

"I had hoped that by being on Indigineer, a game company might offer me a job in game development. Unfortunately, things haven't quite worked out that way."

—Sam Young, Episode 1^[1]

Born extremely premature (5.5 months), Sam spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals due to poor respiratory health. It was there that she developed a love for gaming -- finding the distraction she and patients experienced while playing games to be an inspiration for her to pursue a career in game development. Having spent most of her college days working on her first indie game Ruminate, and missing out on social activities and sleep, Sam released the game to the public shortly after graduating to the website, Indigineer. A little over a month later her developer score was 8.2 out of 10.

At the beginning of Let's Play, the gaming personality Marshall Law, records himself playing Sam's game. His review of her game was not positive and was described as having numerous "rants" that resulted in a "ragequit". He then uploaded the video of his review to the website Viewtube where it soon became his most viewed video. As a result of his negative review, his fan base reportedly spammed Sam's Indigineer profile with negative ratings in what can be referred to as a critical backlash, resulting in her developer score of 8.2 to be downgraded to 0.3, and for her account to be flagged for suspicious activity.

By the end of the prologue, it is shown that Marshall Law is moving into the apartment next door to Sam.

Personality

Sam is usually described as being extremely shy and self-conscious. This often results in her having a slight stutter when confronted.

Appearance

Sam has brown hair, with a bobbed hair cut and bangs. Her eyes are extremely dark brown, appearing black. Sam also wears large, black-framed glasses due to her extremely poor vision. Her wardrobe usually consists of over-sized clothes that do not accentuate her figure.

Trivia

Sam came in second place in the June 2018 popularity poll^[2] with 914 votes.
Earned her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Columbus University.

Easter Eggs

Chapter 1

Sam's room number in college was 221B, which is also the Baker Street address of Sherlock Holmes.

Concept Art

Final concept
Early concept

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Episode 1
↑ June popularity poll

[ep1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Episode 1

[2] June popularity poll

[1]

[2]

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+|[[Bowser]] (Pet Dog) <br />
+[[Jay Young]] (Brother) <br />
+[[Mrs. Young]] (Mother) <br />
 [[Samuel Young, Sr.]] (Father)
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 {{Quotation|text=When I was little I fell in love with gaming.|sign=Sam Young |source=Episode 1<ref name="ep1">[https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/ep-1-/viewer?title_no=1218&episode_no=1 Episode 1]</ref>}}
-'''Sam Young''' is the daughter of [[Samuel Young, Sr.]], and is the main protagonist of [[Let's Play]].  Sam works at her father's company [[Young Technologies]] during the day and moonlights as a indie game developer.  She is the creator of the puzzle adventure game [[Ruminate]], played by the [[Viewtube]] gaming personality, [[Marshall Law]].
+'''Samara "Sam" Young''' is the daughter of [[Samuel Young, Sr.]], and is the main protagonist of [[Let's Play]].  Sam works at her father's company [[Young Technologies]] during the day and moonlights as a indie game developer.  She is the creator of the puzzle adventure game [[Ruminate]], played by the [[Viewtube]] gaming personality, [[Marshall Law]].
 ==Biography==
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 {{Quotation|text=I had hoped that by being on [[Indigineer]], a game company might offer me a job in game development.  Unfortunately, things haven't quite worked out that way.|sign=Sam Young |source=Episode 1<ref name="ep1">[https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/ep-1-/viewer?title_no=1218&episode_no=1 Episode 1]</ref>}}
-Born extremely premature (5.5 months), Sam spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals due to poor respiratory health.  It was there that she developed a love for gaming -- finding the distraction she and patients experienced while playing games to be an inspiration for her to pursue a career in game development.  Having spent most of her college days working on her first indie game [[Ruminate]], and missing out on social activities and sleep, Sam released the game to the public shortly after graduating to the website, [[Indigineer]].  A little over a year later her developer score was 8.2 out of 10.
+Born extremely premature (5.5 months), Sam spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals due to poor respiratory health.  It was there that she developed a love for gaming -- finding the distraction she and patients experienced while playing games to be an inspiration for her to pursue a career in game development.  Having spent most of her college days working on her first indie game [[Ruminate]], and missing out on social activities and sleep, Sam released the game to the public shortly after graduating to the website, [[Indigineer]].  A little over a month later her developer score was 8.2 out of 10.
 At the beginning of [[Let's Play]], the gaming personality [[Marshall Law]], records himself playing Sam's game.  His review of her game was not positive and was described as having numerous "rants" that resulted in a "ragequit".  He then uploaded the video of his review to the website [[Viewtube]] where it soon became his most viewed video.  As a result of his negative review, his fan base reportedly spammed Sam's [[Indigineer]] profile with negative ratings in what can be referred to as a [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriticalBacklash critical backlash], resulting in her developer score of 8.2 to be downgraded to 0.3, and for her account to be flagged for suspicious activity.
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 ==Relationships==
-===[[Abe]]===
+===[[Abe Calhoun]]===
-Sam's guild leader in [[World of Warquest]].
+The guild leader for [[The Rare Spawns]].
 ===[[Alex]]===
 Sam's co-worker at [[Young Technologies]]
-===[[Angela]]===
+===[[Angela O'Neill]]===
-Sam's friend and fellow guild member in [[World of Warquest]].
+Sam's friend and fellow guild member in [[The Rare Spawns]].
 ===[[Bowser]]===
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 ===[[Charles Jones]]===
-Sam's supervisor at [[Young Technologies]].
+Sam's manager at [[Young Technologies]].
 ===[[Dallas Hudson]]===
-Sam's fellow guild member in [[World of Warquest]].
+Sam's fellow guild member in [[The Rare Spawns]].
-===[[Dee]]===
+===[[Dee Parker]]===
 Sam's college roommate and owner of [[The Daily Grind]] coffee shop.
 ===[[Edgar]]===
-Sam's fellow guild member in [[World of Warquest]].
+Sam's fellow guild member in [[The Rare Spawns]].
 ===[[Freddie]]===
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 ===[[Jacob]]===
-Intern at [[Young Technologies]].
+An intern at [[Young Technologies]].
+===[[Jasmine]]===
+A friend from college who did the artwork for [[Ruminate]].
+===[[Jay Young]]===
+Sam's brother.
 ===[[Kwang-Sun]]===
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 ===[[Link Hudson]]===
-Sam's friend who works at [[The Daily Grind]] coffee shop that Sam frequents
+Sam's friend who works at [[The Daily Grind]] coffee shop that Sam frequents.
-===[[Lucy]]===
+===[[Lucy Wright]]===
 Sam's co-worker at [[Young Technologies]].
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 ===[[Olivia]]===
-Sam's fellow guild member in [[World of Warquest]].
+Sam's fellow guild member in [[The Rare Spawns]].
+===[[Ruth Hadar]]===
+The girlfriend of Sam's brother.
 ===[[Samuel Young, Sr.]]===
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 Sam's co-worker at [[Young Technologies]].
-===[[Vikki]]===
+===[[Vikki Song]]===
-Sam's friend and fellow guild member in [[World of Warquest]].
+Sam's friend and fellow guild member in [[The Rare Spawns]].
 ==Trivia==